New Order Joint Conference Headquarters.
The large conference room used for holding important meetings was buried in North Cuiping Park with the collapse of the upper half of the building. At this moment, many representatives were living in a small temporary conference room, in an environment full of bullet holes and scorch marks. , with red faces and thick necks arguing, each representative trying to strive for greater interests in this chaos that swept the entire downtown area.
"Who has died the most? Civilians! How to appease them? How to calculate pensions? This is the most important issue at the moment," a representative of the Alliance for the Destiny of Mankind roared.
"Civilian? SoftBank lost four properties, and I have to give an explanation to the superiors," a fat-headed man said in a low voice, "Don't get the priorities wrong."
"Everyone, three workers' buildings of the Mining Committee collapsed, killing thousands of mining workers. Now the workers are preparing to go on strike. Think about it, once tens of thousands of workers are incited by gangs, how will the situation be resolved?"
"You are the one inciting the workers, right? If the Mining Committee won't let go, which worker would dare to go on strike?" someone sneered.
"What the hell did you say?"
"What did you say you didn't hear?"
Wow, several people stood up, pointed at each other's noses and cursed.
Not to be outdone, the other side slapped the table and stood up.
The scene was as chaotic as a busy shopping district in Ise.
However, roaring hoarsely could not cover up their fear for the future. Everyone knew that the building would collapse, and maybe in the next second, all the interests they cared about would be wiped out under Xi'an's anger.
Fear makes people angry.
This meeting was more like an emotional catharsis, and every representative was affected, except the woman sitting at one end of the conference table.
The woman is nearly fifty years old, wearing a fitted gray suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. She is slightly chubby and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes always show a faint smile on her expression.
She sat quietly at the conference table, flipping through a paper notebook.
At this time.
The secretary quickly approached and whispered in her ear: "President, Li Liang is here."
"Okay," Li Ru wrote a few words on the notebook, smoothed the pages carefully, closed the notebook, held it by his side and walked towards the door of the conference room.
The representatives suddenly fell silent and watched the president leave.
moment.
Li Ru came to another office and said with a smile: "Hello, Li Liang."
"Hello."
Li Liang took a moment to look at the woman in front of him and was surprised by her simple and peaceful temperament.
How can such a person hold the joint chairmanship for decades?
Li Ru walked to the desk and sat down, opened the notebook, wrote a few words, and smiled gently when he raised his head.
"The argument hasn't come to a conclusion yet?" Li Liang smiled and pointed outside.
The roar of people was faintly heard.
"The play has been on for a long time. Not only did the audience think it was real, but now even the actors can't tell the difference between real and fake. It's interesting, isn't it?" Li Ru smiled, lowered his head and wrote in his notebook.
"Yes," Li Liang nodded, "False economy, repetitive and mechanical work, barren ideas, vulgar entertainment... it's a big show."
"People are easily satisfied, Li Liang," Li Ru lowered his head and wrote quickly, "At the same time, low-level desires are very powerful. They drive humans to the top of the food chain, and they are also like a shackles, locking The pursuit of free will by people in the lower city, although free will itself is just a delusion, seems to be a little more interesting."
Li Liang did not agree that free will was a delusion, but discussing philosophy at this time seemed absurd. He sat down at his desk and said calmly: "Whether it's false or true, at least the people in Xiacheng District can survive." s right."
"Yes, they should have the right to live. This is the first article of the New Order Law. In fact, it is also Xi'an's original intention of establishing the Tianmu."
Li Ru put down his pen and clasped his hands on the table: "When I was very young, I thought that Xiacheng District was a ruin and that we were inferior people exiled by Xi'an. It was only after many years that I realized that with Xi'an's current situation With advanced technology, the reproduction of Xiacheng District residents has made a negligible contribution to human genetic diversity, and the resources the earth can provide are even more negligible. So, what is the significance of the existence of Xiacheng District?"
Li Ru stood up and walked to the window, looking at the city outside the window.
"The real history of Xiacheng District is hidden under religious myths, and few people know it. Even most people in Shangcheng District are not aware of it. In fact, during the period when Tianmu was first established, the level of science and technology in Xiacheng District was changing rapidly, including communications, networks, and wireless power supply. , anti-gravity engine, it seems that new technologies appear every day. After experiencing the dark post-nuclear war era, civilization is rapidly restarting, until one day, everything comes to an abrupt end, Xian becomes stingy, and the Twin Gods take back his power. .”
Li Liang frowned. It was indeed the first time he heard this statement.
"Since then, Xiacheng District has been deliberately restricted to a society that develops at a low speed, or even stands still. As you said, false economy, repetitive mechanized work, barren ideas, and vulgar entertainment. Why?" Li You turned around and said softly: "Because, hundreds of millions of ignorant people who seem to have surrendered to base desires are the fire of civilization sealed away."
"Tinder? What do you mean?"
"Xian saw the end of science and realized that after reaching the end, human beings will gradually become lost until they die."
Li Liang sneered: "This is sophistry."
"Don't you think Xiacheng District is deformed?" Li Ru walked back to his desk and took out a banknote from the drawer, "Xi'an originally built Xiacheng District based on the 21st century capitalist system. Until now, we are still Money is printed, the private economy flourishes, and people make money by selling their labor. At the same time, we have no education system at all. Seventy percent of the population is illiterate, but we use anti-gravity engines, electromagnetic engines, wireless city power supplies, and fully automatics in our daily lives. Diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, widely used central nervous system core and other advanced technologies.”
"In addition, what the Putnam Laboratory has been doing is also very abnormal," Li Ru smiled. "For hundreds of years, they have been tirelessly exploring science that Xi'an has already mastered, such as bionic technology."
Li Liang remained silent.
When he woke up a thousand years later and learned about this era for the first time, he had the same confusion. But it didn't take long for him to realize that this was definitely created by Xi'an to control the lower class civilians. means.
As for the situation in Putnam's laboratory, it is more complicated... Dr. Sisson really cannot understand many of Xi'an's technologies, but he now understands that Xi'an masters not only technology, but also magic and Taoism.
Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and said in a low voice: "Sophistry, excuse."
"Li Liang, I am not saying this to change your understanding of Xi'an, but to tell you that the war caused by the 'New World' is essentially the war that Zhuos Yingling believes will happen when the gate of spiritual truth is opened. From that moment on, the end point Xi'an reached has lost its meaning, and the time has come to ignite the 'fire' in Xiacheng District."
"So this is how the fire of civilization is used?" Li Liang looked gloomy, "Feed everyone to the 'New World' and create a weapon?"
"Time can change many things, including original intentions," Li Ru said calmly.
Li Liang shook his head: "Say something useful, President."
"I have seen too many incredible secrets. In comparison, I am not curious about who you are." Li Ru sat back at his desk and crossed his hands. "Li Chengshu thinks you come from the Hall of Heroes, and the clan thinks you come from God." Temple, they think you must have a position, but I think you only represent yourself, so I have a question and I hope to get an accurate answer."
"explain."
"One day in the future, if you have a choice, would you like to let all the people in the Lower City know about the existence of the spiritual world and have the opportunity to go to that world?"
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Li Liang didn't hesitate, nodded and said: "As long as the time is right and the method is controllable, I am willing."
"Thank you," Li Ru said gently as he lowered his head and wrote on his notebook. "Tomorrow morning at the latest, the clan will deliver the latest news. From now on, the joint meeting will try its best to satisfy any requests you have."
"Really?" Li Liang put his hands on the desk, "I want to know, what have you been writing?"
Li Ru raised his head, smiled, and handed over the notebook in his hand.
Li Liang opened it and was stunned.
It turned out that Li Ru wrote down every word she said, including "ok", "um"...
What kind of quirk is this?
"I once met a person who changed my life," Li Ru smiled. "He asked me to write down every word I said."
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